Kanji1 / 6
年 kanji
year, counter for years
- JLPT level
- N5 (unofficial)
- First appears in
- N5 vocabulary
- Strokes
- 6
- School grade
- Grade 1 (elementary school)
On readings
ネン
Kun readings
とし
Variant forms
秊Words with 年
LevelWord & meaningActions
- N1年号Popularname of an imperial era (e.g. Heisei, Shōwa); Japanese era name
- N1年生Popularnth-year student; nth-year pupil
- N1年長Popularsenior; older; third-year kindergarten student
- N1年輪Popularannual tree ring; growth ring; experience in life
- —年Popularyear; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
- —越年Popularseeing the old year out; greeting the New Year; passing the winter; hibernation; playing more than the usual 12 rounds in one game
- —往年Popularyears gone by; earlier years; former years; the past
- —何年Popularhow many years; how long; what year
- —近年Popularrecent years
- —光年Popularlight-year
- —昨年Popularlast year
- —周年Popularwhole year; entire year; n-th year anniversary
- —新年PopularNew Year
- —数年Popularseveral years; a few years
- —前年Popularthe preceding year; the previous year; last year
- —壮年Popularprime of life
- —長年Popularmany years; a long time
- —同年Popularthat year; same year; same age
- —年賀PopularNew Year's greetings; New Year's call; New Year's gift
- —年会Popularconference; annual convention